Terror will end when Hamas funds stop

There have now been three wars between Gaza and Israel in the past six years. While many world leaders recognise the necessity of eliminating Hamas – both for the benefit of Israel and for the Palestinian civilians who suffer negatively both directly and indirectly from the decisions made by Hamas – few have the vision as to how to accomplish this task.

The Palestinian Authority does not have the will or the capability to eradicate Hamas. The Arabs cannot be trusted to do it – with the possible exception of Egypt. Israel has the capability to get rid of Hamas, but the world accuses Israel of being too brutal in doing it. The Western countries that could do it know full well that if they were to do it that they would behave as “brutally" as they accuse Israel of acting in the face of Islamic terrorists using civilian human shields.

Western countries also have no appetite to fight any Islamic terrorist group – especially one playing hostage to a civilian population.

While it is, sadly, abundantly clear that the world is not actually prepared to do what is needed to stop the conflict recurring, the Western world does have some control. Funds given to the Palestinians should be strictly controlled – it is irresponsible to continue to look the other way while the Palestinian terrorists get rich, spare no expense on buying rockets and invest millions in terror tunnels. Without funds, the terror trade of Hamas will die, even though the ideology will not.